Shemr
Shimr bin Ziljoshan or Shimr (Arabic: شمر ابن ذی الجوشن) was a son of Ziljoshan from the tribe of Banu Kelaab, one of Arabia's tribes.[1] Umm ul-Banin, the mother of Abbas ibn Ali, was also from the Banu Kelaab tribe. Shimr has a villainous reputation in Shia Islam. He is known as the man who killed Islamic prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein ibn Ali at the Battle of Karbala.[2][3][4] Shia traditions relate that Shimr was eventually killed by Mukhtar al-Thaqafi's troops who wished to take revenge upon Husayn and his family's killers.[5] His body was then torn to pieces by wild dogs.[6]
Shimr is depicted in the passion plays during the Shia mourning remembrance of Ashura.[7]
Political depictions
In January 2013, a huge poster was erected in Tehran, the capital city of Iran depicting Shemr standing next to U.S. President Barack Obama.[2][3]
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